Intermediate Epidemiology

Catalog description

This course will develop an understanding of epidemiologic concepts and methods that will be a backbone to in depth training in specialty areas. It will provide a technical and conceptual training in study design, multivariate analysis, sample size calculations and other key epidemiologic techniques. It will build on the basic core course. This course is the second course in a three course sequence on the theory and practice of epidemiology and is intended for masters- and doctoral-level students. The course consists of two components: lecture and lab sessions. Lectures will cover key epidemiologic methods and concepts in greater detail. Lab sessions will include review and practice of fundamental data analytic techniques employing STATA.